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Half of a gill is a jack, or one-eighth of a pint. [2] But in northern England, a quarter pint could also be called a jack or a noggin, rather than a gill, and in some areas a half-pint could be called a gill, particularly for beer and milk. [3] [4] [5] In Scotland, there were additional sizes: [6] big gill = 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 gills (213.1 mL)
1 ⁄ 2 Imperial pint. A gill of beer was a customary measure equal to half an imperial pint (10 imperial fluid ounces or 280 millilitres) used in rural parts of England. [9] It is a holdover from when spirits, wines and brandies, ale, and beer all had different standard measures of capacity.
The nipperkin is a unit of measurement of volume, equal to one-half of a quarter-gill, one-eighth of a gill, or one thirty-second of an English pint.In other estimations, one nip (an abbreviation that originated in 1796) is either one-third of a pint, or any amount less than or equal to half a pint.
This was in brown glass, with a conical medium neck in the pint and with a rounded shoulder in the half-pint and nip sizes. Pints, defined as 568 mL (20.0 imp fl oz; 19.2 U.S. fl oz), and half-pints, or 284 mL (10.0 imp fl oz; 9.6 U.S. fl oz) were the most common, but some brewers also bottled in nip (1/3-pint) and quart (2-pint) sizes.
A fill line on a Czech beer glass. The fill line is accompanied by the manufacturer (Sahm), the volume (0.3 litres), a CE marking , year (2014), and a code indicating the supervising body (1383). Each of the European Union member states had a variety of weights and measures acts regarding legal metrology for all measuring devices used in ...
Lack of half-pint cartons, a product made by Pactiv Evergreen, has caused shortages in school cafeterias from California to New York of milk, which federal rules require as part of lunches ...
Cartons of half and half at a grocery store in California. In Canada and the United States, half and half almost always refers to a light cream typically used in coffee. (See below.) The name refers to the liquid's content of half milk and half cream. It is widely available in the United States, both in individual-serving containers and in bulk.
"Unfortunately, a significant industry supplier of half-pint milk cartons is experiencing a shortage, which is having an impact on their ability to fully supply school milk carton orders.